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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)  | 
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)  | 
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No opinion on
 topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
 (5 points on Social scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
 (10 points on Economic scale)  | YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Opposes topic 2  NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 2  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
 (0 points on Social scale)  | YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3  NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
 (0 points on Social scale)  | YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Favors topic 4  YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4  | 
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Opposes
 topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
 (7 points on Economic scale)  | NO on medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5 | 
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Favors
 topic 6:Privatize Social Security
 (7 points on Economic scale)  | YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
 (5 points on Social scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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Favors
 topic 8:Death Penalty
 (2 points on Social scale)  | YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8  YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
 (0 points on Social scale)  | YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Favors topic 9 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
 (5 points on Social scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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No opinion on
 topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
 (5 points on Economic scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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No opinion on
 topic 12:Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
 (5 points on Economic scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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No opinion on
 topic 13:Support & expand free trade
 (5 points on Economic scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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No opinion on
 topic 14:Link human rights to trade with China
 (5 points on Social scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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Opposes
 topic 15:More spending on armed forces
 (7 points on Economic scale)  | NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Opposes topic 15 | 
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Opposes
 topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
 (7 points on Economic scale)  | YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Opposes topic 16 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
 (5 points on Economic scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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Favors
 topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
 (2 points on Economic scale)  | NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
 (0 points on Social scale)  | YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19 | 
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Favors
 topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
 (2 points on Social scale)  | YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20  YES on allowing state welfare waivers: Favors topic 20 NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Favors topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20  |